Local healthcare professionals recently provided physicals to student athletes from 21 local schools. Hamilton Sports Medicine coordinated the annual event.
Volunteers included local orthopedic surgeons and cardiologists, Hamilton Physician Group physicians, Hamilton residents, and staff from Bradley Wellness Center and Bradley Whiteside Rehabilitation.
Three events were held to provide sports physicals to local students. They included one at Bradley Wellness Center, one at Calhoun High School and one at North Murray High School. Eight hundred fifty-seven students participated from 21 local schools.
The physicals involved checks on vital signs, height, weight and vision, a review of athletes’ comprehensive medical questionnaires, and a musculoskeletal functional movement screening. Local cardiologists provided cardiac clearance to athletes who needed it.
Hamilton Sports Medicine, a Hamilton Medical Center program, provides athletic trainers for outreach athletic assistance at Dalton State College and local high schools, including Christian Heritage, Dalton, Northwest Whitfield, Southeast Whitfield, Murray County, North Murray, Coahulla Creek and Calhoun. As part of the program, an athletic trainer is on-sight at the schools and at community sports events.
Participating health professionals and volunteers included:
Rhonda Harrison, NP
Urooj Jaferi, MD
Chelsea McKenzie, PA
Claire-Louise Young, MD
Andrew Carlone, MD
Bryan Cheever , MD
Nick Reed, MD
Jonathan Thompson, MD
Nicole Hardeman, DO
Haley Mertz, PA
Mike Wilson, MD
Dustin Johnston, DO
Jim Lashley, MD
Sarah Bostick, DO
Jennifer Smith, NP
Mitch Frix, MD
Urooj Jaferi, MD
Lee Ann Brown, NP
Susan Hartley, MD
Taylor Newsom, PA
Dawn Idom, MD
Pam Abernathy, NP
Japjot Grewal, MD
DJ Goss, DO
Gary Olson, MD
Grant Kim, MD
Rajiv Verma, MD
The Athletic Trainers Association recently named Sherman Howze, athletic trainer for Hamilton Sports Medicine, the 2016 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA)-ATA Southern States Athletic Conference Athletic Trainer of the Year.